Guyana News

A former policeman, John Moore, 23,  of Second Front, East La Penitence, Georgetown, yesterday appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman, at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and was remanded over possession of a rifle, pistol and ammunition.

The body of Owen Smith Jnr aka ‘Tonkie’, a 25-year-old miner of Santa Cruz Village, North West District, Region One,  was yesterday pulled out of the Barama River at about 7:30 am by the police with the assistance of relatives, a police report stated.

A 29-year-old man from 1015 Kilcoy/ Chesney Settlement, Corentyne, Berbice, was caught with 2 grammes of marijuana in a parcel stashed in his underwear yesterday morning at the New Amsterdam Prison.

Sookraj and Sons General Store in New Amsterdam was broken into during the wee hours of Tuesday and over $400,000 in items were stolen.

Twenty-seven year-old miner, Michael York, appeared yesterday before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman at the George-town Magistrate’s Court, where he was charged with break and enter and larceny.

President Irfaan Ali this afternoon announced that Minister of Public Service, Sonia Parag is to take up the post of Minister of Local Government.

The police today issued bulletins for three men over the attempted murder of Safraz Khan on July 6th last year on Austin Street, Campbellville.

The GFS has defended its performance at a New Year’s Day fire at La Grange that left nine persons homeless.

In accordance with the Natural Resource Fund Act 2021 and the approved Budget 2023, the Government of Guyana made its eighth and final transfer, totalling US$152.1 million (equivalent to G$31.6 billion) from the NRF on December 27, 2023, to the Consolidated Fund.

Police ranks stationed at Brickdam in Georgetown have arrested a man who attempted to smuggle marijuana concealed in a bowl of soup into the Camp Street penitentiary.

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Thirty-five-year-old Anwar Sukhanand of Johanna Cecilia, Region Two is currently hospitalized at Suddie Public Hospital with a bullet in his left leg after he was shot during an armed robbery on  Sunday night.

Police are investigating the murder of Natram Persaud called Vishal, a 40-year-old Assistant at the Lands and Survey Department and of Lot 43 Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara, and the robbery of Manipaul Rambarhak called Anand, a 57-year-old farmer of Canal #2 Polder (who was robbed of his gold handband valued at $250,000).

Cost-of-living interventions will be made to cushion any spikes in prices, President Irfaan Ali said in his New Year’s address as he also promised a “robust” programme to end the carnage on the roads and free university education beginning in 2025.

Parbattie Amanda Persaud, a 25-year-old vendor was yesterday morning beaten to death, allegedly by her abusive husband, while she was heading to the Parika Market.

A 56-year-old man of Block 22 Squatting Area, Wismar, Linden was chopped to death on Saturday afternoon, reportedly by two of his wife’s brothers after he had wounded them with cutlasses.

Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition Aubrey Norton has used his New Year’s message to accuse the PPP/C government of becoming more incompetent and more divisive while thundering that the country’s oil wealth is only benefitting the PPP/C elite, friends and families.

The planned Government Office Complex when built will be equipped with four towers which will have the capacity to accommodate approximately 6,000 employees, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill said on Friday.

Mayor of Georgetown, Alfred Mentore, in his New Year’s message reminded the City’s municipality of the past year’s challenges but expressed optimism for new opportunities to resolve some of the city’s age-old problems including road congestion, vending, and indiscriminate parking.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill on Friday announced that the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri had processed 729,680 passengers for the year 2023 which reflects an increase of 11 per cent when compared to 657, 249 passengers in 2022.